Fontanges Surname

1,300,225th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 174 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Fontanges Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Fontanges Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1621:410,01760,039
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

Fontanges Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fontanges Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Fontanges is more frequently found in France than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Fontanges? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,300,225th most widespread surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 41,882,448 people. It is predominantly found in Europe, where 94 percent of Fontanges reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 94 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

Fontanges is most commonly used in France, where it is held by 162 people, or 1 in 410,017. In France Fontanges is most prevalent in: Nouvelle-Aquitaine, where 28 percent are found, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 27 percent are found and Île-de-France, where 21 percent are found. Barring France this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Belgium, where 1 percent are found.

Fontanges Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Fontanges has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Fontanges surname grew 180 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Fontanges Last Name Statistics demography

Fontanges earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Fontanges
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